raise the earned income tax credit which is better. this report -- >> i don't like that, i don't like the earned income tax credit. >> it helps people certainly. >> you were just talking about relieving suffering. >> i'm not going to be opposed to did for that reason. i don't want to get rid of it for that reason, we never should have had it, it's a wage subsidy for corporations. that's why the republicans aren't in favor of it, because it helps the corporate. >> there's two arguments here. two things to do, you can raise the minimum wage or say, you pay me $8 an hour, the government is going to pay them another 1 opinion the 50 an hour. >> why should taxpayers subsidize walmart? >> they would make the argument you're subsidizing the worker. >> no, you're subsidizing walmart. they're paying disgusting wages, keeping people in poverty. walmart, mcdonald's, that sort of thing. you care about poor people, if you want to alleviate poverty, you have to put people to work at a decent wage. >> we'll come back to this again in the future. do t